From konrad@BLUM.PHYSIK.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE Fri Jun  6 20:34:34 2003
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:01:39 +0200
From: Konrad Blum 
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Subject: SolFest 2003 http://www.solarliving.org/solfest2003.cfm

SolFest 2003 featuring:
JIM HIGHTOWER, GRANNY D, DAVID ORR, HOLLY NEAR, JIM PAGE, MOLLIE KATZEN,
JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL, STARHAWK, DANCE BRIGADE, !AKIMBO and more

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SolFest 2003 is slated for August 23rd and 24th at the 12-acre Real Goods
Solar Living Center in Hopland, 94 miles north of San Francisco. We are
underway with plans to bring you the best ever weekend of incredible
education mixed with fun.

Join us to experience first hand the latest renewable energy technologies
and healthy lifestyle practices. Meet kindred spirits working on the
cutting edge of technology and future thinking to pioneer innovative
solutions and sustainable lifestyles. Find out what's hot in renewable
energy systems (such as solar roofing), learn about hydrogen fuel cells as
well as efficient, environmentally sound building materials that will help
you achieve your goal of walking lightly on the planet and becoming energy
independent.

SolFest is a family affair with more programs and workshops for children
added each year. The Central Oasis at the Solar Living Center features a
fun zone where kids can cool off in the bubbling stream while learning
about solar energy and the characteristics of life-giving water. The
"flow-form," designed by Rudolph Steiner soothes the children's spirits
while activating their imaginations. This year, children will paint a
mural on a biodiesel school bus touring the country as well as create
stepping stone mandala spirals around the Solar Living Center ponds.
Activities and art projects that cater to their special brand of curiosity
guarantee that parents will be able to stay as long as they like because
SolFest is for children too.

SolFest 2003 highlights will include a special focus on alternative fuels
including hydrogen and the increasingly popular biodiesel. In addition,
we're expanding our workshop categories to include a designated Food and
Farming series of informative one-hour presentations throughout the
weekend.

In conjunction with the ecological Farming Association, SolFest will be
facilitating a special Greening the Farm seminar on Friday, the day before
SolFest. Farmers from all over the country will have an opportunity to
learn how to transform their current fossil fuel based energy sources into
renewable technologies. To learn more, contact the Ecological Farming
Association at info@eco-farm.org or call 831-763-2111 and ask for Lynn.
Sponsorships for this unique collaboration are available and include a
variety of seminar and SolFest benefits.

Since we can't accommodate 10,000 people year round, this year we'll help
you get the tools you need to develop your own sustainable community with
workshops and a panel of shared housing and intentional community experts.

Gracing our SolFest driveway this year, as attendees make their way to the
central event area, will be the Foundation for Global Community's Walk
Through Time, a 90-panel display depicting the cosmological evolution of
earth. The display was originally created by Hewlett Packard employees to
give a context to their decision making processes.

SPEAKERS AND MUSIC

Our keynote speakers this year include nationally acclaimed columnist and
radio commentator JIM HIGHTOWER; author, activist and renowned
eco-psychology pioneer DAVID ORR (author of Earth Literacy and Earth in
Mind) from Oberlin College in Ohio; GRANNY D (aka Doris Haddock), a
long-time activist who received widespread recognition in 1999 for her
walk across the U.S. at age 90 to draw attention to campaign finance
reform; activist and author STARHAWK just back from Israel and Palestine;
environmentalist and activist JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL who lived on a
200-foot-tall ancient redwood tree for two years; and MOLLIE KATZEN, famed
author of The Moosewood Cookbook. Also presenting will be NEIL ROSSMEISSL,
with DOE's Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Infrastructure Technologies
Program, who has been working on hydrogen technologies and
issues at DOE since 1993.

SolFest entertainers bring the message of sustainability to life in music,
drumming, and drama. They remind us that living a sustainable life
encompasses heartful expressions through the performing arts, too.

This year's entertainment include local folk legend HOLLY NEAR with
pianist Adrienne Torf; balladeer extraordinaire JIM PAGE; Tai ko drumming
by DANCE BRIGADE; danceable northern California festival favorites
!AKIMBO; the original flamenco jazz reggae music of ALMA MELODIOSO; and a
character created by former Solar Living Institute volunteer Lindsay
Hassett, BETTY BIODIESEL; and more.
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SOLFEST WORKSHOPS

With over 55 workshops on sustainable living and renewable energy, tons of
delicious organic food, beer and wine, and up to 10,000 of your closest
friends, this is an event not to miss!

Workshops during the SolFest weekend inspire and inform SolFest
participants. Yearly surveys indicate that most attendees come to our
event expressly for the workshops. Here is a sampling of workshops titles
scheduled for 2003: Fuel Cells and Marketplace Challenges, Off-Grid
Financing, Cob and Strawbale Construction, Solar Hot Water, Wabi Sabi for
Westerners, Practical Hydrogen, Building with a Conscience, Bringing
Nature Home and Save Money from Solar Tax Rebates. Many SolFest workshops
are previews of year-round workshops offered by the Institute. Stay tuned.
We'll have our SolFest schedule available by July 7th.
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SOLFEST EVENT GUIDE - BOOK YOUR AD BY JUNE 20th

The SolFest Event Guide will be featured as an insert in the East Bay
Express and SF Weekly as well as distributed in 17 Whole Foods stores
throughout Northern California the last week of July. The first week of
August, look for it in the North Bay Bohemian. Over a quarter of a million
readers will be inspired to attend SolFest with our complete schedule and
itinerary of weekend activities. If you are interested in advertising, see
the SolFest Ad Rates.

SPONSORS

Sponsors for this year's SolFest include: DOE's Office of Hydrogen, Fuel
Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, BP Solar, Gaiam, Mother
Earth News, Mother Jones, Real Goods, YurtBoy.com, Utne, Natural Home,
Conscious Media, Inc., E Magazine, Solar Today, AstroPower, Yokayo
Biofuels, Frey Vineyards, Evergreen Solar, Bayshore International, Earth
Island Journal, Foundation for Global Community, In Business Magazine, TS
Designs, VegNews, Birkenstock, Green Money Journal, Home Power Magazine,
and Barbara's Bakery.

Sponsorships Available!

SolFest prides itself in creating a wide range of marketing and
advertising benefits available for your sponsorship contribution. Benefits
include our national advertising campaign (full page ads in Natural Home,
Mother Jones and E Magazine), and regional radio and print ad campaigns
covering San Francisco, the entire North Bay, the Sonoma, Mendocino Coast
and Mendocino County. Sponsorship at any level will include booth space
and amenities. SolFest offers a variety of special incentives to inspire
sponsors to return year after year. Benefits always include access to the
VIP hospitality tent replete with organic delectables, links on the
Institute's Web site and this year all sponsorships include ads in the
SolFest program distributed throughout Northern California to over 100,000
people prior to the event.

In addition to the SolFest marketing advantages, sponsor-generated
publicity and promotional campaigns benefit greatly from their SolFest
affiliation, capitalizing on the national reputation of the Institute and
event as THE source for sustainability and renewable energy education.

For information regarding SolFest 2003 sponsorships, please contact Belle
Starr by emailing: Belle@SolFest.org or calling 928-649-8180.

Click here for SolFest 2003 promotional materials - Sponsors, Exhibitors,
Partners
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EXHIBITORS

Book Now! Click here for SolFest 2003 Exhibitor Pricing and Map,
Registration Form, or General Exhibitor Information

Booth spaces are nearly sold out. Make arrangements TODAY!

For more information on exhibiting at SolFest 2003, contact Andrea Tintle
by calling 480-488-8792 or by emailing: Andrea@SolFest.org.

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

Step right up and let us count on you to help make SolFest the incredible
event that it is. You'll receive FREE ADMISSION. Volunteers can also camp
on site at the Solar Living Center, and get a fabulous organic cotton
SolFest Staff t-shirt. Sign up now to volunteer, or to receive more
information on volunteering, contact Coral Mills at the Solar Living
Institute at 707-744-2100 ext. 2102 or email: coral.mills@solarliving.org
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LODGING & ACCOMODATIONS

A variety of nearby accommodations are available. Click here for more
information

JOIN US & BE A PART OF THE SOLAR SOLUTION!

Sponsors, Workshop Presenters, Keynote Speakers, Performers: Contact Belle
Starr by emailing: Belle@SolFest.org or by calling 928-649-8180.